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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) Analytic.
(c) A priori.
(d) A posteriori.

2. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?
(a) European philosophical circles.
(b) African philosophical circles.
(c) American philosophical circles.
(d) Asian philosophical circles.

3. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?
(a) Syntheticists.
(b) Noumenalists.
(c) Extremists.
(d) Rationalists.

4. What are the first types of truths, according to Kant?
(a) Real and unreal.
(b) Rational and irrational.
(c) Analytic and synthetic.
(d) False and accurate.

5. Which of the following truths is considered to be more substantive?
(a) Analytic.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) Rational.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kant become after attending school?

2. According to Hume, what does all knowledge come through?

3. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

4. What did Kant study throughout his early academic career?

5. Which of the following would have best described Kant?

(see the answer key)

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